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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...second half Standish braced perceptably, keeping Gore from scoring again, and twice almost succeeding in scoring itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ONE GOAL DEFEATS STANDISH | 12/10/1914 | See Source »

...full force of laborers has been working for some time on the Widener. Library, and substantial progress has been made. The top story is now almost completed. The rooms are plastered and painted and the wood-work in them is finished. In the main entry hall the marble columns are in place, as is much of the marble work on the walls. The plaster ceilings of the main reading room and the card-catalogue room are also nearing completion, while the installation of the imported wood-work in the room which will hold the Widener collection will begin shortly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Work on Interior Decorating | 12/9/1914 | See Source »

...Trumbull '15 spoke almost entirely on the splendid spirit of the eleven, defining it as a desire to help the other man on account of sincere friendship. E. W. Mahan '16 laid stress on the points brought out by the speakers preceding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAUDITS FOR CONQUERING TEAM | 12/9/1914 | See Source »

...stock company work in the individuality of the minor parts. Mrs. Tighe is the most natural and confident, and therefore the most convincing. Miss Feeley's restlessness in the first act may be due to the great speed with which things happen to her--she comes back from dinner almost before she starts--, for in the later acts she seems entirely at ease. Mr. Walker does well with a part which the author could make less difficult by deciding whether or not it is to be taken seriously; Mr. Manson, as the heroine's sporty beau, should make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPARKLING COMEDY PRODUCED | 12/9/1914 | See Source »

...been arranged for the purpose of showing undergraduate appreciation to the men who defeated Yale, it is quite evident where the choice of most undergraduates will fall. True, there are draw-backs for non-members of the Union, but then it should be considered the dinner will cost almost half as much as a Union membership, and dinners are ephemeral things. Coupled with the imminent disappearance of Union smokers for the Sophomore class if more 1917 men do not join, and the early appearance of the time-honored Junior Dance question, it may be well to think over joining...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECEPTION OR DINNER? | 12/8/1914 | See Source »

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